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| Issuer | The Chartered Bank |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Currency | Hong Kong Dollar (1863-date) |
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| Obverse description | Green and pink bicolour note with THE CHARTERED BANK in bold letterpress across the upper centre, flanked by circular guilloche rosettes and corner numeral '5' medallions. The bank's royal arms vignette occupies the lower left, while the central field carries the promise-to-pay text, the denomination FIVE DOLLARS, and the issue date HONG KONG, 9TH APRIL, 1959. Two manuscript signatures of the Accountant and Manager appear above the lower serial number, with Chinese characters for the place and denomination rendered at the lateral margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE CHARTERED BANK INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1853 Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand at its Office here FIVE DOLLARS or the equivalent in the Currency of the Colony. VALUE RECEIVED. HONG KONG, 9TH APRIL, 1959 BY ORDER OF THE COURT OF DIRECTORS ACCOUNTANT MANAGER HONG KONG FIVE 伍 香港 |
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| Reverse lettering | FIVE DOLLARS THE CHARTERED BANK 5 伍 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED LONDON |
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